If someone made this today, what would be different?
What would be the same?
A.
Image, Source: intermediary roll film
Observe: 1. This appears to be a man and wife, or just a man and woman farming in the fields. The crops seem very damaged and withered however. 2. I first noticed the condition of the field and how damaged and worn it was. This was very hard times, especially for farmers, and seems as though there was a drought or irrigation problems.3. Two African Americans are shows farming in a damaged field which seems to be damaged by a drought or a wind storm or something. I only see two people though and they may even be the only ones who have to farm all this land because of the harsh conditions during this time.
Reflect: 3. I think this image was made some time in the middle of the Great Depression at the worst point because these people looked worked to the bone just like the field. 1. I think this image was made to show how rough it was for African Americans in this time and the work and such they had to go through. There was a lot to do and conditions were getting worse and worse for trying to do them, this field for example probably provided such little food now and things would only get worse as the conditions and such worsened. 2. In this image two African American field workers are working in the hot sun on a badly damaged field by themselves.
Questions: 1. Why is this field so damaged? 2. What are these field workers actually doing at the time of this photo? 3. Who is the owner of the farm, and is that person rich or poor?
Image, Source: digital file from intermediary roll film
Observe: 1. I see two people walking down a road, probably towards a town or their home from what looks like a bunch of fields. 2. I first notice that it seems like it is just the two of them and no one else, they seem to be very alone. 5. The physical setting an empty road surrounded by fenced off fields.
Reflect: 6. From examining this image i can learn that there were no cars of anything to take people, especially the poor around from place to place. This is not something they had at hand like we do today. 8. If someone made this today there would probably be cars around and people with machines and such on the fields surrounding the road. There would also probably be more people around in this area maybe even a town or something in view, the landscape would probably not be the same. 1. I think this image was made to show how things happened at this time and how everyone did not have a car or could take a bus, there was probably no such thing in this area, people walked around from place to place because it did not cost money and it was the way to do things.
Questions: 1. Who are these people? 2. Where are these people going? 3. What are these people looking at?
Image, Source: intermediary roll film
Observe: 1. I see a normal farming family in their house. 2. I first notice the condition of the people and how they all look beat and tired but at the same time strong. They all look they've been through a ton, even the little ones. 7. I also noticed that they have what seems to be an old metal bed and a small brick room/house with a picture above the bed. The floor seems very scuffed up and beat as does the rest of the house.
Reflect: 1. I think this image was made to show what condition the African Americans lived in and what their house would look like. It also shows the condition the people themselves were in as you can tell by their physical description. 4. I think the audience for this image is the people who were living in better conditions, and this was showing them that they were lucky compared to some others. This was not the best way you can live at the time but at least it shelter and people can get by living there. 6. I can learn from this image that people did not live in good conditions and they often had small houses with many living in them.
Questions: 1. Was this the entire home of these people or did they have another extension? 2. How many people lived in this home, what it just them? 3. Why was this picture taking and what did the photographer want to show with this picture?
B.
At the bus station in Durham, North Carolina
Observe: 1. I see a few African American people waiting by the colored waiting room. There is also a "colored" man walking away from it with a mad look on his face. 2. I first notice the man and how mad he looks. I also notice a few African Americans waiting for the train behind him. 4. The sign is arranged so all the African Americans have to wait in the area for the train, and the area they are at seems to be the farthest back so I can only assume from this that the African Americans are supposed to sit in the back of the Train.
Reflect: 1. I think this image was made to show how everything during this time, even trains/train stations were segregated. This shows how different whites and African Americans thought they were. 4. I think the audience in this image is everyone. This is showing the horrible segregation that when on during this time and how unfair it really was. The African Americans were the ones really targeted in this time and it is just sad, and everyone should know that it did happen and its affects. 7. I think this image is missing an area where are the white people are suppose to wait. I think if that was included it would better state the actual separation of whites and African Americans.
Questions: 1. How strict are the rules on this segregation? 2.Where are the whites suppose to wait? 3. This could have been made at any time during the Great Depression because people were segregated throughout it. Judging by the people conditions it was probably toward the begin or end however.
Fish restaurant for colored in the quarter cotton hoers are recruited. Memphis, Tennessee
Observation: 1. This appears to be a fish restaurant for African Americans. 2. I first notice that it said Hot Fish, this leads me to think that African American are not always served good and maybe sometimes they are only served cold things. 5. The setting appears to be an old set of store fronts.
Reflect: 4. I think the audience for this is African Americans because it is a restaurant just for them advertising hot fish. 1. I think this image was made to show the inconveniences and limitation African Americans had to deal with to get a meal. 6. I now know how much segregation really affected the African Americans at this time, they would have to go to a whole different restaurant from whites just to get hot fish, I also now know that that is the kind of things restaurants would sell because of the Depression and how big a toll it took on people.
Questions: 1. Why does it say Hot FISH in capital letters, is this not easy to come by? 2. Why is there no one around? 3. What kind of landscape, area is this place in?
Theatre in Leland, Mississippi
Observation: 1. I see a Theater made for colored people. This once again shows the segregation of blacks and whites, but also shows that African Americans can afford to go to a theater, otherwise there would be none around. 6. The words I see are REX THEATRE, FOR COLORED PEOPLE, and then some movie titles as well. This highlights that is it for African Americans. 2. I first notice that this building is unique from others with a weird design, i also notice that it is for colored people right away as well.
Reflect: 8. If someone made this today and put a colored sign up it would be socially unexceptionable and laws would prohibit the segregation, you can not do this anymore and it would be very frowned upon. 1. I think this image was made to show that segregation happened everywhere, not just on trains, or buses, or schools, even movie theaters were segregated and not all could use the same one. I think people are missing from this image and if there were people walking in or waiting outside it would prove more of a point and really be the finishing touch to the picture.
Questions: 1. Was there any specific differences in white and colored movie theaters? 2. Where are all the people? 3. Why could they not just separate the inside of one theater instead of having a whole different one for "colored people"?
A.
Reflect: 3. I think this image was made some time in the middle of the Great Depression at the worst point because these people looked worked to the bone just like the field. 1. I think this image was made to show how rough it was for African Americans in this time and the work and such they had to go through. There was a lot to do and conditions were getting worse and worse for trying to do them, this field for example probably provided such little food now and things would only get worse as the conditions and such worsened. 2. In this image two African American field workers are working in the hot sun on a badly damaged field by themselves.
Questions: 1. Why is this field so damaged? 2. What are these field workers actually doing at the time of this photo? 3. Who is the owner of the farm, and is that person rich or poor?
Reflect: 6. From examining this image i can learn that there were no cars of anything to take people, especially the poor around from place to place. This is not something they had at hand like we do today. 8. If someone made this today there would probably be cars around and people with machines and such on the fields surrounding the road. There would also probably be more people around in this area maybe even a town or something in view, the landscape would probably not be the same. 1. I think this image was made to show how things happened at this time and how everyone did not have a car or could take a bus, there was probably no such thing in this area, people walked around from place to place because it did not cost money and it was the way to do things.
Questions: 1. Who are these people? 2. Where are these people going? 3. What are these people looking at?
Reflect: 1. I think this image was made to show what condition the African Americans lived in and what their house would look like. It also shows the condition the people themselves were in as you can tell by their physical description. 4. I think the audience for this image is the people who were living in better conditions, and this was showing them that they were lucky compared to some others. This was not the best way you can live at the time but at least it shelter and people can get by living there. 6. I can learn from this image that people did not live in good conditions and they often had small houses with many living in them.
Questions: 1. Was this the entire home of these people or did they have another extension? 2. How many people lived in this home, what it just them? 3. Why was this picture taking and what did the photographer want to show with this picture?
B.
Reflect: 1. I think this image was made to show how everything during this time, even trains/train stations were segregated. This shows how different whites and African Americans thought they were. 4. I think the audience in this image is everyone. This is showing the horrible segregation that when on during this time and how unfair it really was. The African Americans were the ones really targeted in this time and it is just sad, and everyone should know that it did happen and its affects. 7. I think this image is missing an area where are the white people are suppose to wait. I think if that was included it would better state the actual separation of whites and African Americans.
Questions: 1. How strict are the rules on this segregation? 2.Where are the whites suppose to wait? 3. This could have been made at any time during the Great Depression because people were segregated throughout it. Judging by the people conditions it was probably toward the begin or end however.
Reflect: 4. I think the audience for this is African Americans because it is a restaurant just for them advertising hot fish. 1. I think this image was made to show the inconveniences and limitation African Americans had to deal with to get a meal. 6. I now know how much segregation really affected the African Americans at this time, they would have to go to a whole different restaurant from whites just to get hot fish, I also now know that that is the kind of things restaurants would sell because of the Depression and how big a toll it took on people.
Questions: 1. Why does it say Hot FISH in capital letters, is this not easy to come by? 2. Why is there no one around? 3. What kind of landscape, area is this place in?
Reflect: 8. If someone made this today and put a colored sign up it would be socially unexceptionable and laws would prohibit the segregation, you can not do this anymore and it would be very frowned upon. 1. I think this image was made to show that segregation happened everywhere, not just on trains, or buses, or schools, even movie theaters were segregated and not all could use the same one. I think people are missing from this image and if there were people walking in or waiting outside it would prove more of a point and really be the finishing touch to the picture.
Questions: 1. Was there any specific differences in white and colored movie theaters? 2. Where are all the people? 3. Why could they not just separate the inside of one theater instead of having a whole different one for "colored people"?